Where does “breathed” come from?
Breathed comes from Old English -od, Middle English -ed, and Proto-Germanic -ōdaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰer-, meaning to carry or bear.
breathed (English): simple past tense and past participle of breathe;...
Definitions
- simple past tense and past participle of breathe;...
Ancestry of “breathed”, step by step
breathed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English breathe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | breathe | To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases |
| 2 | Middle English | brethen | to breathe, blow, exhale, odour |
| 3 | Middle English | breth | breath |
| 4 | Old English | brǣþ | odor, scent, stink, exhalation, vapor |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | brēþiz | vapour; steam; breath; odour, smell |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrē-t- | exhalation from heat; steam |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰer- | to bear, carry |